Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2014, Sweden ranked the highest in asylum applicants as a percentage of total population with 0.848% followed by Hungary and Austria. On the other end of the scale was Portugal with 0.004%, Slovakia with 0.006% and Romania with 0.007%.
Data for more countries are available at Asylum Applicants (As % of Population) indicator page.
| Asylum Applicants (As % of Population) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Austria | % | 0.152% | 0.188% | 0.131% | 0.171% | 0.206% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 0.141% | 0.199% | 0.238% | 0.290% | 0.254% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.010% | 0.011% | 0.014% | 0.012% | 0.019% | |||||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.364% | 0.293% | 0.260% | 0.159% | 0.145% | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 0.043% | 0.067% | 0.091% | 0.071% | 0.108% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 0.067% | 0.076% | 0.083% | 0.090% | 0.096% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.032% | 0.040% | 0.058% | 0.064% | 0.094% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.032% | 0.047% | 0.021% | 0.017% | 0.022% | |||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 0.050% | 0.029% | 0.016% | 0.066% | 0.029% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 0.093% | 0.096% | 0.154% | 0.417% | 0.392% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.619% | 0.564% | 0.041% | 0.444% | 0.487% | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 0.092% | 0.097% | 0.091% | 0.088% | 0.079% | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | ... | 0.301% | 0.354% | 0.205% | 0.182% | 0.194% | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 0.268% | 0.260% | 0.339% | 0.314% | 0.462% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 0.216% | 0.205% | 0.197% | 0.299% | 0.356% |
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